Should we stay or should we go?

So lately we’ve been trying to decide what to do with ourselves.  On the one hand, we are happy enough in Chahsmonaim and I could see us living here for the rest of our lives.  On the other hand, everyone is telling us to move!!  People who have been here since before it became so American are telling us that their kids all want to leave b/c it’s so American!!  It’s only going to get more American, etc.  Really, I am very confused.  I was so happy a couple of days ago when we (or maybe I) had decided to just stop looking and stay put.  I bumped into my neighbor and she told me to go!  She said the Negev is a great place to live.  So, we are currently looking into the Negev and plan to visit a place called Even Shmuel next week after Eric gets home.  I didn’t sleep at all last night just thinking about all of this.  I don’t know where we would live next year while we are building this supposed house there either.  Tonight I am going to put it out of my mind altogether and get a good night sleep.  I’ll worry after we visit this place.

Today my grandparents came to “help”.  I have  the word “help” in quotation marks b/c I didn’t really get any prep. for Shabbat done b/c I was too busy with my grandmother.   I BBQ’d her chicken and seemed to be very busy with the kids, etc.  It was hectic from the time they came to the time they left and, frankly, I would have gotten more done if they hadn’t come at all.  The kids enjoyed immensely, however.  We took them to the mall to this gymboree place called Cutie which they have been dying to go to for ages.  They had a really great time there.  Even Keren had a great time jumping around in the balls.  It was a really nice evening.

Not much else has happened since I’ve blogged last.  Eric’s grandmother is here with her boyfriend and we are going to try to get to see them next week when Eric is back.  We’ve never met her boyfriend so it should be cute.

Talia got a report card from school and a letter that her teacher wants her to get her eyes checked.  I have to figure out how to go about doing that through Macabi Insurance.  Her report card was mostly good.  She talks, it seems, in math.   I think she talks b/c she is bored.  She also doesn’t join in during earth science.  I know she’s been having a hard time following that topic and that’s the reason, she told me, that she doesn’t raise her hand.  Everything else had great marks next to it.  Yay Talia!

Keren has been walking around now for the last week saying “Opa shuk-a-duk”.  My dad lays down on his back and puts her on his legs and bops her up and down while saying the words “shuk-a-duk” over and over.  For some reason Keren has been talking about it all week.  It is very cute.

Ben is excited b/c he is going to see a show tomorrow in school about owls.  I forget how you say owl again in Hebrew but he’s told me many times.  He told me that you can bring in a cake if you want to so we made a cake together and put icing on it and colored sprinkles.  I am sure he will be the only one bringing in a cake.  We’ll see.  I didn’t get a notice about it. 

Tomorrow I am going to get Foster at 7am.  I told the kids I would have breakfast on the table for them and they shouldn’t fight in the morning, just get up and eat and I would be back by the time they were finished with breakfast.  It worked really well last week. I hope it works well again tomorrow!!!

It’s been raining on and off today but now it is pouring and the ceiling is probably going to start leaking soon.  I am going to roll up the carpet so it doesn’t get wet in the living room.  Ah, the joys of renting a house!